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0 Ij jlxKS VILLE VOLUME 12. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1801. NUMBER 18. r I 1 V 1 - Printed Wokly, on double-medium sheet every friday morning, by NEBLETT & GRANT, Publi then and Proprivtori. TERMS : $1 rER AtNl'M IN ADVANCE- TERMS OP ADVERTISING, ruft ONI SqCABa Or TWSLVB LINES Olt LESS. Oo Insertion Two imartiooi Three insertions n mbotb $1 1 2 1 Two months Three months Six months Twelve months $4 SO 5 00 9 00 15 00 J. P.. WILLIAIY1S, I i?-i (Successor to C. II. Smith.) Receiving, Forwarding and Commis sion Merchant, CORNER OF FRONT & MAIN STS. Clarksville, " Tennessee. Prompt attention paid to the Storage and Sale of Tobacco and all kinds of produoe. Not. 2, '60-ly Southern Express Company, CLARKS VILLE, TENN. Office Same building oceupitd by him at an Insurance Office, North- Wttt Corner of Jtblic Square, near Moore i Hotel. Goods, Packages, Money and Valuables forwarded to and from all parts of the United States and Eu rope. S. S. WILLIAMS, Agent. , Oct. 19, 18(10.-1 year. Cr. Si. Ligon Co. WIlOLIiALB AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Conlectioiiuric, Cigar, Ac., Ac, CLARK SVILLE, TENN. ALL orders from a distance (accompanied with the cash) will be met punctually and upon very reasonable terms. ' Not 27, 'fi8-ly ' J. H. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law, orriCB ON STRAWBERRY A ILK, Adjoining the Court-ho'nse, CLARKSVILLE, TE. Oct 6, '60-ly DR. J. M. PIRTLE. CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE- OFFICE and resilience, corner Main and Fourth JSlrcetj, opposite Cumberland Presbyterian Church, February 1, 1861 ly. B. A. ROGERS, Office on Franklin Street, CUrksville, Tennessee. "Will attend promptly to the collection of all bums entrusted to his care. Feb 17, 1860-tf. J. J. Cat-SMAN. . - C. MlTCUELL. 'CRTJSMAN & MITCHELL, (Successors to) CRUSMAN & JOHNSON, WHOLESALE and RETAIL GROCERS, And Commission Merchants, Frauklin Street, CUrksville, Tennessee. TERMS CASH. Feb. J2, 1800 tf. "cTbl "smith,- Tobacco Factor, and General COMMISSION MERCHANT, NO. 138 COMMON STREET, NEW OIILEAN The most particular and careful attention will be (riven to the sal of nil deseriplbns of Western Produce, to tilliug orders, and forwarding mcrcban 4 lae. All property consigned to me will he covered by nay open policy of Insurance, unless specified oth erwise in the bill of lading ncecinpanying H. Not. 9, '60-ly JFAVELRY ! WATCnES. DIAMONDS. SILVER WARE, PLATED WARE, FANCY UOODS, CLOCKS, Fine Table Cutlery, &c. HAVING recently returned from the Eastern cit He with n full and well selected stock, purchased on irt hutitlx, thereby saving the Jobbers' profit, we are enabled to otl'er our (Souds at WHOLESALE AND llETAfL At XowYnrk 1'rlcosJ Our PLATED WARE we sell at Manufac turers' List Price. Jobbing promptly nttemled to. Call at the ligu-ol'lhe Big Wakb, Public Square (1. K. COOKE. CUrksville, Tonn, Oct. 19, I8t10-tf STEWART COLLEGE Clarksville, Tennessee. The present session of this flourishing Institution 'Will end the tith day of June, and the util will be gin on the first Monday of September, 1801 The ssarges are from $1S to tii per session of 20 weeks, with H per session as coaling unt expen ses. Boardiuir. Including; lodging, washing, fuel and lights, can U bad iu private dailies lor $05 par ion Ti . - ..f .i.. iviw. ,-. 1. 1. are erv promising. For further paitiintais iuquiry may b. auuU of the President, Rev. I. MeMulUn. Ten. ii, l-l For the Chronicle. OK OIVIKU Ml A TOUR ILOWll. A flower dissevered will wither away, And. fragrance soon follows the leaf to decay ; It flourishes, blooms and delights for an hour, Then drooping, it pines for its own native bower, And sinks, ere to-morrow has come, to the tomb, Quite forgotten by those whs admired its bloom. In this it resembles his story in life Who, cradled to lux'ry, ne'er dream t of the strif Which a change in his fortune compels him to fact, Or yield to another, more hardy, his place; But wholly unfitted by nurture to wield The sword against fate, he surrenders the field, And steals to the grave unlamented away, By those who caress' d hira in life's brightest day. And this is the token you would give me to keep Of a love that never shall cause me to weep! A flower I the thing of all others most frail, In a world whose beauties but blossom to foil. Forgive roe I cannot accept it as such; But still will I cherish and love it as much,' And more, were its symbol no libel on thee And the vow with which it was given to me. JULIUS. CLARKSVILLE, MARCH 20, 1861. The Southern Confederacy- The Paris " Pays pays the following most just tribute to the Southern States of the A merican Union: Let the Independence of the South be recognized ; that servile insurrection openly and boldly preached in the pulpits of the North may cease to be an ever present dnngcr. In no part, perhaiis, or the conti nent, regard being had to the population, do there exist men more eminent and Rifted, with nobler or more generous sentiments, than in the Southern States. No country possesses lovlier, kinder heart ed and more distinguished women. To commence with the immortal Washington, the list of states men who have taken part in the government of the United states shows that all those who have shed a lustre on the country and won the admiration of Europe, owed their being to the much abused south. And strange coincidence while Southern men presided over the destinies of the Union, its gigan- tio prosperity was the astonishment of the world. In the hands of Northern men, that edifice, raised with so much care aid labor by their prede cessors, comes crashing down, threatening to carry with it in its fall the industrial future of every oth er nation. Official Table of Members of Con gress under the New Census. ' From the Cincinnati Commercial. The result of the official census is declared, and the States are entitled to Representatives in Con gress as follows : FREE STATES. No. Loss. Gain, California 3 Connecticut 4 Illinois 13 Indiana 11 Iowa S Kansas' 1 Maine.. 5 Massachusetts 10 Michigan 6 Minnesota 1 New Hampshire 3 New Jersey 6 New York! 31 Ohio.... 18 Oregon.. 1 Pennsylvania 33 Rhode Island.. 1 Vermont 2 Wisconsin...... 6 149 SLAVE STATES. No. Alabama 6 Arkansas 3 Delaware 1 Florida 1 Georgia 7 Kentucky 8 Louisiana.... 6 Maryland S Mississippi 5 Missouri 9 North Carolina 7 South Carolina 4 Tennessee 8 Texas 4 Virginia 11 84 11 13 Loss. 1 Gain 12 Total members 233 Net gain Free Suite members 7 The "Corn Question" and Major Hawkins. Some of the newspapers in this State are much exercised on the corn question. Tbey say that had it been known money was wanted to buy corn, any amount could have been raised at home. It was made known through the Brandon Republican, mid money called for but "nary red'' come. Purse strings were tied with a double knot. When it is published that Mr. Hawkins and others have procu red the corn without their help, they beconio very magnanimous, and are ready to contribute any amount of money for the purpose, just because it is not needed. Such hypocrisy is disgusting. A citizen of Vicksburg some time since liought a boat load of corn for his own use, and be found be had some eight er nine hundred bushels more than he needed seeing the notice that corn was wanted in the eastern counties, he turned it over to the agent at cost price, telling hiin to pity for it when they could. That was the right kind of philan thropy. But we have not heard of any of the de faniersof Mr. llawitins offering tocontribute a cent Yicksbarg Whig. Union Bank Robbkht Contkaihction. -We published the other day the fact that a rnmor was current that Jno. S. Miller, Esq., of Jackson, a mer chant of standing, had been implicated in the rob bery of the Union Bank of Tennessee, which occur red about two years since. We learn from the President of the Bank at that place, W. M. Ste phens, Esq., that the rumor is entirely groundless, and we are authorized positively to contradict it, which we do with great pleasure. We trust if any of our wxi'banges have copied our notice tbey will alo copy this. Nuabville Banner. ,Tbe correspondent f the Washington Star writes from Richmond, Vo,, that Gov. Wise inform ed the secessionists, in a meeting which the held on the nlfht of March 20, that if thev were for imme diate octioD. be would have thing more to do with them. . It seems by an advertisement of the Secre tary of the Treasury of the Southern Confederacy that no portion of the loan of 15,01)0,000, author ed bv the MontLToinvrr Convention, has yet been ; taken. That oflicer gives notice that one-third of .the amount will be offered to the public on the 17th i preseai moniu, w ds issueu ...giug Seward has w ritten a letter to the Southern OointuiMionera, in which he propones a National t'oave ntioa to in tie rordiffietlltlee. A Senatorial Speech We copy from a St. Louis exchange pa per the following report of a speech doltv- erep by Gen Riley in the Missouri Legis lature, Feb. 8, 1861 : After a long and heated discussion on the reference of a bill amending the char ter of the city of Carondolet, to a standing committee of the House. Mr. Riley obtained the floor, and ad dressed the House : Mr. Speaker Everybody is pitching into this matter like toad frogs into a wil low swamp, on a lively evening in the balmy month of June, when the mellow licrht of the full moon fills with delicious flood the thin, etherial atmospheric air. Applause. Sir, I wan't to put in a word,-or perhaps a word and a half. There seems to be a disposition to fight. I sav, if there's any fighting to be done, come on with your corn-cobs and lightning bugs I lApplauge. In the language ot the ancient Roman, Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From its firm base, in a pig's eye." Now. ihere has been a great deal of bombast here to-day. I call it bombast from "Alpha" to "Omega." (I don't un derstand the meaning of the rords tho'.) Sir, the question to refer is a great and magnificent question. It is the all absor bing question like a sponge, sir a large unmeasurable sponge, of globe shape, in a small tumbler of water it sucks up eve rything. Sir, I stand here with the weap ons I have designated to defend the rights of St. Louis county, the rights of any oth er county even the county of Cedar itself. Laughter and applause.J oir, the debate i0S assumed a latitudinosity. We have had a little black-jack buncombe, a little two-bit buncombe, bombast buncombe, bunghole buncombe, and the devil and his grandmother knows what other kind ot buncombe. ("Laughter.! ' Why, sir, just give some of 'em a little Southern soap, and a little Northern wa ter, and quiuker than abound pup can lick a skillet they will make enough bun combe lather to wash the golden flock that roams abroad the azure meads of heaven. Cheers and laughter. I allude, to the starry firmament. The Speaker The Uentleman is out ot order, lie must confine bimselt to the Question. Mr. Rilev. Just retain your linen if you please. I'll stick to the text as close as a pitch plaster to a pine plank, or a lean pig to a hot jam rock. Cries of "go on" you'll do." I want to say to these carboniferous gen tlemen, these igneous individuals, these do tonating demonstrators, these peregrinous volcanoes, come on with your combusti bles ! If I don't well, I'll suck the Gulf of Mexico through a sroose quilU Laugh ter and applause.! Perhaps you think I am diminutive tubers and sparse in the mundane elevation. You may discover, gentlemen, you are laboring under as great a misapprehension as though you had in cinerated vour inner vestments. In the language of the noble bard : "I was not born in a thicket To bo scared by a cricket." Applause. Sir, we have lost our proper position. Our proper position is to the zenith and nadir our neads to the one, our heels to the other, at right angle to the horison, spanded by that azure air of the lustrious firmament, bright with the corrucations of innumerable constellations, and proud as a speckled horse on county court day. Cheers. "But how how have the mighty fallen," in the language of the poet Silversmith We have lost our proper position. We have assumed a slosh-indicular or a dia canological position. And what is the cause? Echo answers, "buncombe," sir, "buncombe." The people have been fed on buncombe, while a lot of spavined, ringboned, ham strung, wind-galled wee neved,"8plithoof, distempered, pollevilled, potbellied politicians have had their noses in the public crib until there ain't fodder cnoush left to make a gruel tor a sick grasshopper. Cheers and laughter. Sir, these hungry brats keep tugging at the publio pap. They say, "let down your milk, Suckcy, or you 11 havo a spilt bag, Do they think they can stun such bun combe down our craw? No, sir ; you might as well try to stuff butter in a wild cat with a hot awl. Continued laughter. The thing can i oe am- n. ... ,.l fl The publio grindstone is a great institu tion, sir yes, sir, a great institution. Une of the greatest, perhaps, that ever rose, reiirncd or fell. But. sir, there is too muoh private cutlery ground. The thing won't par. Occasionally a big axe is brought in to be fixed up, ostensibly for the purpose or hewing down tne gnarled trunks of error and clearing out the brush wood of ignorance and folly that obstruct the publio highway ot progress, ihe ma chine whirls, the axe is applied. The lookers-on are enchanted with the brilliant sparks elioited. The tool is polished ; . m ll..l- tl'A keenly edged ; and, wnnse me puouc stare in gaping expeotancy of seeing the road cleared, tho implement is slyly taken off to improve the private acres ot some "faith ful friend of the people." What is the result? The obstruction remains unmov ed. The people curse because the car lags or, if it does move, 'tis at the expense of a broken wheel and jaded and sore-backed team. I tell you the thing wen't pay. The time will come when the nasal pro monitory of these disinterested grinders will be put to the stone, instead of their hardware. Applause I am mighty afraid the machine is a going to atop. The oressa is giving out thundering fust. It is beginning to creak on its axis, uemie men. it is my private opinion, confidently expressed, that all the "grit" is pretty near worn off. rApplauso.l Mr. Speaker, you must excuse me for md latituyinosity and ciroumlouutoriness. My old blunderbuss scatters amaxingiy, but if aaybedy gets peppered' it ain't my fault, it they aro in tha way. Sir, these dandadiral, supersquirtieal, mabogany-faced gentry what do they know about the blessings of freedom? About as much, sir, as a toad-frog docs of high glory. Jio they fimk they can es cape me ? I'll follow them through pande monium and high water? Cheers and laughter. These are the ones that have got our liberty-pole off its perpendicularity. 'Tis they who would render the Stars and Stripes that noble flag the blood of our revolution ary fathers emblemed in its red. The pu rity of the cause for which they died de noted by the white; the blue the freedom they attained, like the azure air that wraps their native hills and lingers on their love ly plains. Cheers. The high bird of liberty sits perching on the topraostbranoh, but there is secession salt on his glorious tail. I fear that he will no more spread his noble pinions to soar beyond the azure regions of the boreal pole. But let not Missouri. pull the last feather from his sheltering wing to plume a shaft to pierce his noble breast ; or, what is the same, make a pen to sign a secession ordinance. Applause. Alas, poor bird, if they drive you from tne branches of the hemlock of the North, and the palmetto of the South, come over to the gum-tree of the West, and we will protect your noble birdship while water grows and grass runs. Im mense applause. Mr. Speaker, I subside fer the present. A Humorous Incident An old farmer, who had two handsome daughters, would not permit them to keep the company ot the young men. After the old man had retired to rest the girls would hang a sheet out of the window, and each beau, with the assistance of his lady, who tugged lustily above, would gain an entrance. It so happened that one even ing the girles hung out the sheet too early and the old gentleman spying the article could not conjecture the meaning of it. So he caught hold and endeavored to pull it down. The girls, thinking it to be one of their follows began to hoist and did not discover their mistake until the head was level with the window-sill, when one of them exclaimed, "Oh, Lord, it's dad?" and letting go the sheet, down came the old gentleman to the ground, dislocating his. shoulder. Withdrawing all opposition to their keeping company, be was soon a fath- er-in-Iaw. Tract8 and Tracks. "May I leave a few tracts?" asked a missionary of an eld erly lady who responded to bis knock. Leave some tracks? Certainly you may," said she, looking at hira over her specs; leave them with the heels toward the door, if you please." The Louisiana Sen a a Crop. A cor respondent of the New Orleans Delta, wri ting from St. James' Parish, under date of the 4th instant., say: "At this time we are able to make an estimate of the next sugar crop. 1 he prospects for a large one are very flattering, and the UonroJeraey will be able to export a large quantity to the United States. 1 he seed enne was never better, and many have more than they want. The rattoons are all good, even the second year's. Vegetation is very forward, and the cane already marks the rows in some lands; with a favorable season henceforth we may reach the crop ot load, say 4U(J,UUU hogs- hends, and upwards, or double that ot last year." Lime as Manure. Professor Johnson says in relation to tho effects of lime upon different soils: The purposes served by lime as a chem ical constituent of the soil are at least of four distinct kinds: 1. It supplies a kind of inorganio food which appears to be neccessary to the healthy growth ot all our cultivated plants. 2. It neutralizes acid substances which are naturally formed in the soil, and de composes or renders barmiess other nox ious compounds which are not unlrequcnt ly within reaoh of the roots of plants. 3. It changes the inert vegitable matter in the soil, so as to gradually render it useful to vegitation. 4. It causes, facilities, or enables other useful compounds, both organio and inor ganic, to bo produced in the soil, or so pro motes the decomposition of existing com pounds as to prepare them more speedily for entering into the circulation of plants. Why there are more women than men is explained by De Quincy: "It is in con formity with the Arrangements of nature; we always'sce more of heaven than earth." He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly bocouie worse; for vice, virtue, and time, are three things that never stand still. Educate the whole man-Whs head, the heart, the body the head,to think, the heart to feel, and the body to act. How is it that trees can put on a new dress without opening their trunks? Be cause tkey leave out their Summer cloth Figures won't lie," is an old and home ly expression; but few men can look on i fashionable woman's figure now-a-days and say as much. Woman's empire is matrimony. Here she is always in the majority always reigns, and (as scurrillous old bachelors say) some times storms. Troubles are ladies babies they grow bigger by nursing. It is vain to talk about the equality of both aexes-tbey are not equal. The smile or tear of woman conquers man. Wo don't admire ruffles, but you bad bet ter have one te your shirt than to your temper. It is said that Old Abe Euckerd the Hal timoreans; bat, the facts are, that be saw their 'hand' and merely said 'I pau. The Haltimoreanstnea gave gave mm iue"di( ! This is the whole on't. Correspondence between Hon. H. S. Foot, and Hon. Andrew J, Donelson. GOV. FOOTK TO MA J. DONELSON. NAsavitta, March 15, 1861. lion. Andrew J. Donekon: Sir: In the progress of the very Interesting con versation, which occurred hut evening, at a certain. public place in this city, in which you prominently participated, I had the satisfaction of hearing you enunciate the views at present entertained by yon, touching the policy and inof the Border Hlave States nt this feartul and perplexing crisis. There was so much of, what you said on that occasion, which I heartily approved, that I feel justified in thus calling upon you to embody the same in wri ting, in order that your fellow-citizens, generally, may have the opiiortunity accorded te them of prof iting by your sage and salntary counsels. I agree with too in supposing it to be altogether probable, that Virginia, in her Convention, now in session, will be able to mature a satisfactory ultimatum for the whole South, which after having been duly rat ified by the Border Conference, which she is evident ly about to call into existence, is likely to eventual in relieving ns, in one of two ways, from our pres ent embarrassments. Either the ultimatum refer red to, on being presented to each of the free States of the North, for consideration, will be accepted, and enable us, by such act of acceptance, to employ suitable persuasives among the seceded States of the bouth, te induce them to return within the fold of the Union; or this ultimatum, being rejected by the free Stales of the North would enable us to re store ourselves to our former happy advantageous connection with the cotton States of the Sonth, f--om whom we have been of late to unfortunately separated. It is due toovtr long-standing social relations,and to my own reputation for frankness, to say that I see but little, if any hope of finding the Northern Stales disposed to grant the needed concessions. So far, they have appeared to be utterly regardless to the claimsof justice or con-fraternity. Still, I am quite willing, under the circumstances, that the last exjierimcnt will be made, in the bope that if no other good effect shall result, a united South may least be secured. J am the more reconciled to this plan of operation, since I deem it quite certain that, if faithfully pursued, our present troubles will be brought to a termination in the space of three or tonr months at most. Hoping for an enrly reply to this communication, I have the honor to be, Very cordially and respect tally, Your friend and fellow-citizen, H. S. FOOTE. MAJOR DONELSON TO GOV. FOOTE. Sin: In reply to your communication, asking for some expression of my views as to the position which Tennessee ought to take, in the present as pect of our public affairs, I have only time to repeat the substance of what I said in the conversation referred to. It Is obvious to all reflecting minds .that the use of the military force of the Federal Government in executing the laws within the limits of the seceded States, is impracticable, and cannot be insisted upon without imperiling all that we deem sacred in our political system. Whilst I think that South Carolina and the States which now constitute a new Confederacy, acted pre cipitately, I am for the employment of bo other means but those of peace and fraternity in inducing them to retrace their steps, bo far at least as to await the result of the Conference, which the border States propose to hold in accordance with the recommen dation of Virginia. That the Conference should be held is of the high est importance. In my judgment, it affords theon ly basis on which we may hope for a re-sonstrnction of the tinioa and the re-establishment of those bonds of fraternity among the States which consti tuted the life of their Federal Government. I should expect from this Conference such proposi tions of amendment of the Constitution as our Nor thern brethren could not refuse, if they are willing u perpetuate me liberties wlucti we received from our fathers. I should also expect from this Confer ence such measures as would satisfy our seceded brethren and induce them to abandon the experi ment which tl eyare now makinir. It is not aece&sary to state in detail the calamities which will overtnko us, it the people persist in this sectional quarrel, n uai nas already occurred is enough to alarm every one who has accepted our nationnl experience as a proof of the superiority of our system or representative government over that which prevails in other quarters of the globe, If the Smith, after resorting to all honorable means in pursuit bf guarantees for the safety of the :Dtu..inH -t ; . ... i .j : . - , . . . i . IU0U.UI4UU Ul Dia.Elt, IS MJ Ifu UlBHJIJJm 1 ICU j II U1Q .norm persists in a policy whose tendency is to de. prive us of our just share in the use of the Territo ry of the United htntes it is obvions that the Un ion is already divided by a sectional line, and that it becomes our duty to adopt, at once, the course which ts best calculated to give us peace, streuirth and permanency. But lot us not be too hasty in forming such a conclusion! Let us not mistake the action of politicians for that of the people. Let us adhere a little longer to the work of our fathers which has carried us safely through three wars and given us a place among, the nations of the earth, unequalled in prosperity and wealth, and in all the bless ngs of civil and religious liberty. I am still a friend of the Union, and adhers to ths doctrine maintained by Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, in regard to the rights of the States, and the exclusion of such principles as those of abolition, nullification, and secession from our political system. Hut the right of revolution be longs to us, as to nil other people, to be exercised when we think the cnse is sufficient. Those great men, when maintaining the necessity of obedience to the laws constitutionally passed, never thought ot denying the natural and inalienable right of re volution. It is on this ground, whatever may be my ideas individually of the iusuflicicncy of the cause which has induced our brethren of the Cot ton States to Sepcrate from us, that I condemn any movement which meditates their suiiingationorthe application of force to bnug them back within the jurisdiction of the United Mutes, That a movement has been made by the extreme Southern States which makes the execution of the laws of the Union within their limits impossible, cannot be denied. And that it is the duty of the other States, and particularly of the border Stales, to look at this great event with calmness and wis dom under the hope of guarding against the evils which are to result from it, is equally undeniable. Can the Seuth, as a section, submit to be divided into two or more Confederacies, and expect to enjoy the safety which she alleges is now threatened by the anti-slavery sentiment of the Northern States? It appears to me that such an exudation can novcr be realized. All the strength of the South will be needed to put her in a condition to protect her com merce and command tho rcpe?tof foreign aation.?. To effect this will roqnire years of a wise and effi cient government, and will call for expenditure which caanot now be calculated. It will create changes in our industrial pursuits which,at first will not be remunerative. It will compel us to manu facture many ot the articles which we new buy from other countries. It will modify in a thousand forms the application of ctpital to the development of our resources and the cultivation of the means which are necessary to our national independence. But it is unnecetwary to enter into sacb details. I refer to them in general only to show the necessi ty of union among the Souther States If w are forced to teparato from our northern rjrettiren. My plan of action forth border Slabta, is to moot in council at Frankfort, or any other central point, by the instrumentality of delegates, who will rep resent the wishes of the people whose duty it will bf, al ur 1 after due consultation, to unite ujion soma roa- hiub will secure their rights, aud tnat this measure shall be submitted in kindness and good foeting to our brethren of the other States, including thus tbat bav seceded; and that it shall b mad a part of the Constitution, a aa aoiendmjul, II it be excepted by tin an. If this rbort effort should f ul, and sot b accept. i bv our Nor'Sern friend- sfr thsy bav hti s reasonable time to examine its provisions, then I there is no other alternative for the border States but to end a general Convention of all th South- ero States, for the purpose of forming such a Fede ral Government as may be deemed necessary to pro mote their happiness, prosperity and indedenpence, as a separate Confederacy. It is painful to me to contemplate th crisis which has been brought upon the country by the rash and indiscreet counsels of some of our public men. But What has been don cannot be recalled. It is our duty as patriots to imitate tbe example set by our fathers, and never give up the great heritage of liberty left ns. Animated and cheered by their maxims, Ut us hone that th people will still rally and give us once more a fraternal Union and a Gov ernment that will dispense its blessings and burdens to all alike, protecting evir section in its rights, and employing the strong: h i t all the Slates in re pelling foreign Aggressions. If 1 had the time, I would enlarge upon the points suggested for our future action, but having I not the lime you must accept this hasty note as tbe only answer I can make at present. l ours respectfully, A. J. DONELSON. State Convention of the Union Farty. The undersigned, upon consultation with the peo ple from various parts of the State, would rcspectful ' suggest Thursday the 2nd day of May next as an appropriate time for the assembling of a State Con vention ot the Union pnrty ot Tennessee, at Nash ville, for the purpose of nominating a Candidate for Governor. We would also suggest thnt meeting be held in In different Counties in tbe State, on the 1st Monday in April, for the appointment of dele gates to the State Convention. FELIX ROBERTSON, Chairman Union Com. J. E. Manlove, John Hugh Smith, James Walker, P. W. Muxcy, Horace II. Hnrrisoa, A. L. Demoss, John P. Greer, Sam. D. Morgan, John Shane, F. Fleming, , C. W. Nance,' B. W. Hall-. W. B. Hurley, W. F. Bang. S. P. Ament, Isaac Paul, Thos. R. Jennings, ueoi U. Hichards. J. H. Budeke, M. McCormack, The Position of Missouri. The following are all the resolutions adopted by the late Stat Convention of Missouri, touching tbe existing differences amoig the States of the Union, aad are copied from the St. Lonis AVwi, of the 25th inst : 1. Resolved. That at present there is no adequate cause to imjiel Missouri to dissolve hor connection with th federal Union, but on the contrary she will labor for such an adjustment of existing trouble as will secure the peace as well as the richts and equality of nil the States. 2. Fetolved, That the people of this State ara devotedly attached to th institutions of our coun try, and earnestly desire that by a fair and arnica bl adjustment, all causes of disagreement that at present unfortunately distract wan people may be removed, to the end that our Union may be pre served and perpetuated, and peace and harmony be restored between the North and the South. 3. Raolved, That the neonl of this State daem the amendments to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by tbe Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, with thn extension of the same to the Territories hereafter to bo acquired by treaty or otherwise, a basis of adjustment which will sucress- muy remove Hie causes or difference forever from the arena of national politics. Retained, That the people of Missouri believe that the peace and quiet of the country will be promoted by a convention to pass amendments to the Consti tution of the United States, and this Convention, therefore, u ges the Legislature of this Slate, and of other States, to tnke proper steps for calling such Convention, in pursuance of the fifth article of the Constitution, and to provide by law for the election by tbe people of such number of delegates as are to be sent to such Convention. 5. Rttolved. That iu the opinion of this Conven tion, the employment of military force by th Fed eral Government to coerce tr submission of the seceding States, or the employment of military force oy ine seceuing Btnics to assail the (Government of the United States, will inevitably plunge his coun try into civil war, and thereby entirely extinguish all hope of an aniicablo settlement of the fearful issues aow pending before the country; we there fer earnestly entreat as well the Government as the seceding Slates, to withhold and stay tbe arm of military power, and on no pretence whatever briir upon the nation the horrors of tivil war. And in order to the restoration of harmony and fraternal feeling between th different sections, we would re commend tbe policy of withdrawing the Feleral troops from the forts within the borders of th sec dingStates where there is danger of collision between the State and Federal troops. , 6. Retolved, That when this Convention adjourn Its session in the city of St. Louis, It will adjourn to meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at Jefferson City, on the third Monday of December, IB01. 1. Retolved, That there shall bo a Committee, to consist of the President of this Convention, who shall be ex officio Chairman, and seven members, one from each Congressional District ef the State, to be elected by this Convention, a majority, of which shall have power to call this Convention together at such time prior to th third Monday of December, and at such place as they may think the public ex igencies require : and ia ease any vacancies shall happen in said committee, by death, resignation or otherwise, during the recess of this Convention, the remaining members or meniU-r of said committee shall have the power to fill such vacancy. Whsrkas, It is probable thnt the Convention of tb Stat of Virginia, now In session, will request a meetiug of dolegates from the Border States for the .purpose of devising some plan for tbe adjustment of our national difficulties; and, whereas, the State of Missouri participates strongly ia the desire for such adjustment, and desires to show respect for the wish es ot Virginia. Therefore. Be it further Retalvetl, That this Convention will elect seven delegates, whose duty it shall he to nt teud at such time and place as may b designated by th Convention of the Stat of Virginia for the meeting ol the delegates from th Border States, aud if there should assemble then and there dele. gates duly accredited from a majority or the Slates in vi lea to snctt conlerence, tlien the delegates from this Convention shall enter into Conference with them and shall endeavor to devise a plan for the amicable and equitable adjustment of all matters in difference between th States of this Union. v And the dele gates appointed under this resolution shall report their proceedincrs in such conference and any plan that may be there agreed upon, to this Convention for lis approval or rejection. New aoo Short Routs to Memphis On Thurs day of last week, the track was completed on the .Memphis a llavksville Kailroad; and anew route will thus be opened from Nashville to Memphis. New Or leans, HI. Miuis, Ac, via. hdgeneld Akentnckr Rail. rmid. this route is fifty miles shorter than sny now open. W uiidevsuiiid re.gualar ttaius will shortly be put on, making lb trip to Memphis several hours quicker than by auy the routes now in us. Owing to tne snorur distance, tau should become (he main thoroughfare between the principle cities of Tenn esuee, aud to the Southwest and West gencrully. It will be a great advantag to fiashrille in orwDlug up a region hitherto inaccessible to our buiuMts meu. AathvilU I'utrivt. UISI'ATVUXS rna Elisors. A special ineneager left yesterday with dispatches from Lord Lyons giving a lull t.iteineot of th condition of affair iu th United States and South, including cop:s of tb new tariff of this lioverament and of tb Con federal Slates. Now York Exprms, lUi. A judicious sileooo is always better than truth spoken without charity. T9? c TELEGRAPH! ' Rf.'HowrA Mreh 28. Rumors of a transfer of gnu's ftrau Bfloaa Arse nal near Richmond to fortress Monro, wer lb bs sis of resolutions In th Motrin to-dcy protesting against the movement of arms or an int-rean of ar mament by Govermnsot within tho limits of th Stat. Substitutes to th resolutions wer offered, and a long debate ensued out no action, was arrived at. Nsw Yosk, March S9.' A Paris letter ia the Times states thnt the French and English Governments are fitting out a powerful fleet of war steamers for the United Slates. Th suggestion cam from Eugtand. Franc will fur niik ihree first class frigate and the English con tingent will perhaps he larger. Tb fleet will sail with seal 1 ordrrs. Spain is also prennrina to send a formidable force to the Gulf of Mexico, thoo-h not wonting in concert witn r ranc and Kuglaud. ; WAsntNOTox, March 38. It is repor.ed that Carl Schun goes Minister to Spain and Cassias M. Clay to Russia. John S. Har vey is appointed Minister to Portugal. Sesatk. Trurabnll offered a resolulioa ta lavor of the enforcement of the laws of the Union ia all States. No action was bad thereon. Tbe Senate adjourned tarn die. What Arkansas has Bone. From the Louisville Courier. Tbe State Convention of Arkansas, on th 20th UlU, adopted a Secession Ordinance to be submitted to the people at the election to be held ea the third day of August, and nt the same time resolutions for the appointment of Commissioners to tb Border Slav States Convention, proposed to Vj held at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 2?tll of May. This action on the part of the Convention was a compro mise between the Union and Secession men In that body. The following sections of the Ordinance adoptedjiy them give the gist of their notion i Stc. 1. Bf it Ordained by the People of Arkaf tat in Convention Attembled, That an election shall be held ia all the counties in this State en Monday the 3d day of August, 1861. at which the traesttoa of "Co-operation" or "Secession" shall be submitted to the people nf this State ; which election shall be held and conducted in all respects' in accordance w ith the laws of the Slute, now in force, proscribe ing the manner of holding elections ; provided that in j snerins ot the several counties shall be required to give at least thirty days' notice of the time and places of holding said elections by advertisement thereof, as required by law for ordinary elections. Sac. 2. Be K further Ordained, That, if it shall appear when the result of said election shall be made known to this Convention, that a majority of the legal votes cast In the Stnte have been cast for Se cession, then, in that event, such vole shall be taken to be instructions to this Convention to pass an act of immediate Secession, and the Convention shall at once pass an ordinance dissolving the cefihectioa existing between tho State of Arkansas and th Federal Government, known as the United States of America; but, if a majority of all tb legal votes have been cost for Co-0eration, then this Convention shall immediately take such steps as may be deemed proper for further co-operation with the border or unseceded slave States In efforts te se cure a permanent and satisfactory adjustment of tb sectional controversies disturbing tbe coantry. , v CAS I FC41GET TII EG t Can t forget thee, the only light - mat ever o er my darkened pathway Sboae, Tbe oue bright star that in my life's dark night bnoneout mid clouus, nright, radiant and alone? Can! forget thee J Ask th poor stricken flower . To live without the night-refreshing dew Atasl forme; my heart owns not the power i o give a single throb without some the t ef yoa Can I forget thee? Call ft not love j some holier nam- Call it soul-worshin, or a spirit tie. Brighter than love a better, purer flame A thought, a reeling which can never di, Caa never be forgoU 1 Death of an Ex-Empress, From th Evening Bulletin. . An ex-Empress died In Phila!elphta last week.- We refer to Madame Hnate do Vtorbide, widow of the former Emperor of 'nVxieo, whne decease took place on Thm-sday but, at her lodgings In Bread-st. This estimable lady, who has resided in Philadelphia since ths executioi. of her husband by the Mexican Government, in 1824, belonged te a distinguished Spanish family long resident in tioxice. Her mi tort cmes, as well as her good qaxlitle as a woman, had secured her the regard of Ihe society In which she moved. A peusion from the Mexican Govern ment enabled her to educate her family lilierally. and she has performed her duties as a mother and A member ef society In a faithful and exemplary man ner. One Ot two of the ions of Madam Vtttrhic' bav. w believe, resided in Mexico of late vearsand bar held offices under the Government. ftt dutiehlers were nnalile to b present at tbe funeral, which took place or. Saturday morning, at St. Joseph s Church. The service was of the simplest, most uiiodeutatu us kiud. There Were none of the kindred of th no ble lady, who ouce wore a crown, to follow her to the grave. A tew ircntlcmon of Phi:adc!pbia,whoa Kx-ia! position hail brought them into Intimate rela tions with the family iu past times, attended the funeral; and scarcely one in ten thousand of th vast population of the city where "die had long re sided, knew that Ihe crave had (lint day closed ever one who once held rank as su Empress. The sad amu-tron that lias thus befallen tb fami ly of Madame de Vturbide recalls to memory the heroic career of her noble husbind. Il was tb great man of th bett day of Mexico. Ho wasth author or the separation from Spain, and Ihe Mex ican people, in the first tbidiof their gratitude,fair ly thrust upon hiin the crown, which he hail de signed, ip the famous "plan of Ingu'a," for a Span- un rriuce. lie wax proclaimed biufieror, with tb title of "iignstin the First," ou the uight of May 18th, 18'Ji, Fora long time be refused ihe proffer ed crow; and it Was only after the Congress had voted lor hem by a vote ol 77 to 15 that he accept ed it. In the following mouth th Congress voted unanimously for making Ihe crown hereditary In the family of Vturbide, sad soon after hs was sol emnly crownrd. lint th tickle and faithless Mexican people did not stand by the mou.iich they hsd cboseu. Th military readers that have 'n eii the vur of tb country began to con I ae iint the Government. A civil war arose, in wlurli S.iu Anna soon be came a prominent lender ajja u.il tue E nperor. A republic was procUimud mi the ii u 31 March, 1823, aad, afier a turbulent reign of leu fiun a year, Yuirbide ub I icatcd. Permistlou was grmtcd to hiin to leave (he country, nod a pension of $'45,000 year whs allowed him. IU weul with bis family to Italy, but r. turned, iu lriiM. to Mexico, where, ia the tueauiim", he had been pruacribd aa a traitor, ihough he did not know the fai t. Gen. Garea, th Governor of Taiuauiiu, pretending friendship. be trayed him to th Congress of that, State, and he was immediately arrested, and, without a trial, waa sentenced to deaih. The seutencs was carried into ult'oct at Cadilla, July 19. IH24, lea than a week from tb time of hi landing on th roaal, aud b f r an appeal could be made to (he general Gov ernment at Mexico. He died like a hem, addressing sum manly words to the mldiem, and himself ad justing ths bandage over his eyes before h waa jhoL Mexico lias never bad a braver man nor a purer patriot in bar Governmeut. Wt nrty quae'lir of arms and niiaiiirjs af wstr wr sblfjM New York ea Eaiur4 (fey i tioutb.